Just a guess, but we bet there’s a CBC editor or two who really dislike the Canadian oil sands and will find any reason at all to justify a photo. (Without mentioning reclamation.)

BTW, the CBC story itself is quite good. Saskatchewan, long a poor relative among the provinces, is a real growth story these days.

Production from the Bakken has been stupendous,” said Roy Schneider, spokesman for Saskatchewan Energy and Resources. “As recently as 2004, production was 278,540 barrels; last year, 2007, we were nudging up against five million barrels – the exact figure was 4,965,000 barrels.